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STANHOPE, Edward II (c.1547-1608), of London.

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b. c. 1547, 4th s. of Sir Michael Stanhope, and bro. of John, Michael, Sir Thomas and Edward Stanhope I. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. scholar 1560, BA 1563, minor fellow 1564, MA 1566, major fellow 1569, LlD 1575; incorp. MA Oxon 1566, suppl. DCL 1578. unm. KB 25 July 1603.DNB; Vis. Essex, ii. 562; Lansd. 94, f. 137.
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Prebendary of Botevant, York 1572 – 91; adv. Doctors’ Commons 1575; master in Chancery 1577; chancellor, diocese of London 1579; eccles. commr. from 1587, commr. fines office 1589; rector of Terrington, Norf. 1589; prebendary of Kentish town in St. Paul’s 1591; receiver of petitions, Parliaments from 1593; commr. ‘touching Jesuits and other disguised persons’ Mar. 1595, for Chancery 1593, oyer and terminer, London Feb. 1594, to survey eccles. cts., London diocese 1594, piracy 1601, to try Ralegh and others for treason 1603, to examine books printed without authority 1603; jt. vicar-gen. Canterbury 27 June 1605.Lansd. 22, f. 52; 28, f. 150; HMC Hatfield, xv. 224; xvi. 290; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 311; D’Ewes, 458, 525, 600; Churchill, Canterbury Administration, i. 598 n.

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STANHOPE, Edward II (c.1547-1608), of London.
Main residence: London.
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STANHOPE, Edward II (c.1547-1608)

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STANHOPE, Edward III (c.1579-1646), of Grimston; later of Edlington, Yorks.

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b. c. 1579, 1st s. of Edward Stanhope I. educ. G. Inn 1592-3. m. Margaret, da. of Sir Henry Constable of Burton Constable, Yorks., 3s. 3da. KB July 1603; suc. fa. 12 Aug. 1603.
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Sheriff, Yorks. 1615–16.

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STANHOPE, Edward III (c.1579-1646), of Grimston; later of Edlington, Yorks.
Main residences: Grimston; Edlington, Yorks.
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B.D.
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Commons 1558-1603
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STANHOPE, Edward III (c.1579-1646)

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STANHOPE, John (c.1545-1621), of Harrington, Northants. and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

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b. c. 1545, 3rd s. of Sir Michael Stanhope and bro. of Edward Stanhope I, Edward Stanhope II, Michael Stanhope and Sir Thomas Stanhope. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1556; G. Inn (poss. hon.) 1556. m. (1) bef. Sept. 1557, Mary (d.1568), 1st da. and coh. of Sir William Knowles of Bilton in Holderness, alderman of Kingston-upon-Hull, s.p.; (2) 6 May 1589, Margaret, da. of Henry Macwilliam, 1s. 2da. Kntd. Aug. or Sept. 1596; cr. Baron Stanhope 1605.
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?Gent of privy chamber by 1578; ?bailiff of church lands, Beverley by 1584; v.-adm. Yorks. by 1587, master of posts 1590; j.p.q. Yorks. (N. Riding), custos rot. by 1593; treasurer of the chamber 1596 – 1618; treasurer at war 1599; keeper of Colchester castle 1599; steward of Higham Ferrers and other duchy of Lancaster manors in Northants. 1600; high steward, Peterborough cathedral Oct. 1600; vice-chamberlain Jan. 1601 – Apr. 1616; PC June 1601; feodary, Northants. 1602; commr. for union with Scotland 1604; steward, manor of Eltham 1604; councillor for colony of Virginia 1609; commr. for surrender of Flushing and Brill 1616; commr. eccles. causes 1620.CP, xxi(1), pp. 239 seq.; Archaeologia, xxxviii(2), pp. 389–404; Eliz. Govt. and Soc. 112–13; APC, xv. ???54; CSP Dom. 1581–90, pp. 672, 676; 1595–7, pp. 267, 511; 1598–1601, pp. 357, 388; 1603–10, pp. 15, 160, 354; Add. 1580–1625, p. 426; Somerville, Duchy, i. 588, 591, 603; Northants. Rec. Soc. xviii. 41; APC, xxxii. 485 et passim; Kingsbury, Recs. of Virginia Co. iv. 369; Rymer, Feodera, xvi. 783; xvii. 201.

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STANHOPE, Sir John I (c.1540-1621), of Harrington, Northants. and Westminster
Main residences: Harrington, Northants.; St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London.
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N.M.F.
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Commons 1558-1603
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STANHOPE, John (c.1545-1621)

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STANHOPE, Michael (c.1549-c.1621), of Sudbourne, Suff.

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b. c. 1549, 5th s. of Sir Michael Stanhope and bro. of Edward Stanhope I, Edward Stanhope II, John Stanhope and Sir Thomas Stanhope. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1561; G. Inn 1568. m. Anne, da. and h. of Sir William Read, 4da. Kntd. 7 May 1603.
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Groom of privy chamber by 1594, gent. of privy chamber by 1603; j.p.q. Suff. from c. 1593; freeman, Ipswich 1597; keeper of the game in Sherwood forest by 1599; keeper of Hertingfordbury park, Herts. by 1604.

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STANHOPE, Sir Michael (c.1545-1621), of the Barbican, London and Sudbourne, nr. Orford, Suff.; later of St. John’s, Clerkenwell, Mdx.
Main residence: Sudbourne, Suff.
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R.V.
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STANHOPE, Michael (c.1549-c.1621)

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STANHOPE, Sir Thomas (c.1540-96), of Shelford, Notts.

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b. c. 1540, 1st s. of Sir Michael Stanhope and bro. of Edward Stanhope I, Edward Stanhope II, John Stanhope and Michael Stanhope. m. Margaret, 3rd da. and coh. of Sir John Porte of Etwall, Derbys. by Elizabeth, o. da. of Sir Thomas Gifford of Chillington, Staffs., 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1552. Kntd. 1575.
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J.p.q. Notts. from c. 1561, sheriff 1562 – 63, 1574 – 75, 1587 – 88, dep. lt. by 1591, custos rot. from c. 1594; j.p.q. Derbys. from c. 1561, sheriff 1562–3.C142/280/90; DNB (Stanhope, Sir Michael); Thoroton, Notts. ed. Throsby, i. 290–2; Lansd. 1218, ff. 616, 636; C66/1421; HMC Hatfield, iv. 212–15.

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STANHOPE, Sir Thomas (c.1540-96), of Shelford, Notts.
Main residence: Shelford, Notts.
Author
A.M.M.
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Commons 1558-1603
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STANHOPE, Sir Thomas (c.1540-96)

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